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(No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 1.

J. G. COGKSHUT ecd.

E. H. BOND, Administ RIDING PLOW.

No. 359,125. Patented Mar. 8, 1887.

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J. G. OOCKSHUTT, Decd.

E. H. BOND, Administrator. RIDING PLOW.

No. 359,125. Patented Mar. 8, 1887.

Wc'i'rcsises. Irv enter.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

EDiVIN H. BOND, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ADMINISTRA- TOR OF JAMES GEORGE OOGKSHUTT, DECEASED.

RIDING-PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.359,125,dated March 8, 1887.

Application filed July 1, 1886. Serial No. 106,831. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that JAMEs GEORGE Coex- SHUTT, deceased, of the city of Brantl'ord, in the county of Brant, in the Province of On tario, Canada, manufacturer of agricultural implements, did invent cerlain new and useful Improvements in RidingPlows. of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is, first, to con- [0 nect the plow-beam to its supporting-axle so that they shall swivel independently of each other; secondly, to provide easy means for vertically adjusting the plowbeam, and, thirdly, to provide means by which the angle ofthe plow can be readily altered by the driver without moving off his seat; and it consists, essentially, first, in connecting the plowbeam to the axle by a king-bolt, which permits the desired swivel; secondly, in attaching a handno lever to the plow-beam and connecting it by means of an eccentric to the axle, so that the movement of the hand-lever on its pivotshall impart vertical adj ustment to the plow-beam,

and, thirdly, in so connecting one end of the axle to its supporting'whccl that the said end of the axle may be raised or lowered by a handlever arranged substantially as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure l is a perspective view of the plow complete. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail, showing the king-bolt and mechanism for adjusting the plow-beam thereon.

Ais the plow-beam, having fixed upon it near the center a king-bolt, B, which extends above and below the plow-beam A,asindicated.

G is a bracket bolted or otherwise secured to the axle D. Holes are pierced through this bracket to permit the free passage of the king'bolt B, thereby forming a connection be 0 tween the axle D and the plow-beam A,whieh will permit the swivel movement desired.

E is an eccentric pivoted on the bolt F, which passes through the plow-beam A and notched quadrant G,which is rigidly fastened s to the plow'beam A, as indicated.

H is a hand-lever forming part of or rigidly attached to the eccentric E,and provided with an ordinary spring-bolt" to engage with the notches in the quadrant G. The eccentric E rests upon the bed of the bracket 0, and thereby supports the plow-beam A. By adjusting the hand-lever H in the quadrant G the height of the plow-beam A maybe altered in proportion to the throw of the eccentric E. The short tongue I is connected to the axle D by the curved braces J,which arc hinged to the axle, as indicated.

By connecting the horses directly to the plow through the doubletree K, independent of their connection through the tongue I to the axle D, a steadier and straighter draft for the plow is insured. One end of the axle D is connected to the ground-wheel K by a bracket, I], as indicated, while the other end of the axle D is connected to its groundwheel (shown in dotted lines) by a quadrant-bracket, L,which is rigidly fastened to its end and pivoted at a to the end of the hand-lever M, which, as indicated, is rigidly fastened to the hub Z) of the ground-wheel. It will thus be seen that by adjusting the hand-lever M,which is provided with an ordinary spring-pawl which fits into the notches in the quadrant L, the end of the axle D may be raised or lowered as required to impartthe necessary angle to the plow N, which is connected to the beam A,asindicated.

WVhat is claimed as the invention of the late Janus GEORGE Oocxsnu'rr is 1. In a riding-plow, the combination of an axle, a plowbeam, and an eccentric pivoted on a stationary pivot on the plow-beam and resting upon the axle and supporting the plowbeam, substantially as described.

2. In a riding-plow, the combination, with the axle and plow-beam swiveled thereon, of a bracket secured to the axle, an eccentric pivoted to the plow-beam and resting on the bracket, and means for operating said eccentric, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a riding-plow,the axleD and the kingbclt B, pivoted on said axle, attached to the plow-beam A, in combination with the eccentric E, pivoted on the plow-beam A and operated by a hand-lever, H, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a riding-plow,the axle I),having fixed to it the bracket G, shaped substantially as shown, and forming bearings for the king-bolt B,which' is attached to the plow-beam A at or said axle, and having arms L, the spindle 6,

near its center, in combination with the cc and the hand-lever M, carrying said spindle centric E, pivoted on the bolt F and resting and having one end pivoted to the bracket- I 5 upon the bracket 0, the notched quadrant G, arm L, as at a, substantially as described, and l 5 rigidly fastened to the plow-beam A, and the for the purpose specified.

hand-lever H,r1g1dly fastened to the eccentric I EDVIN H. BOND I v I gdsubsmnbmny as and for the Purpose speck Aclminisirafor of the estate of Jas. George 0007s- 5. The combination, with the axle and the Shut! deceased IO ground-wheels, of the bracket L, connecting Vitnesses:

one end of the axle to its Wheel, the quadrant- E. J. LOBERTSON, bracket L, rigidly fastened to the other end of C. H. RAEDER. 

